WHO declared that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes a public health risk

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GENEVA, Aug. 8, 2014 - Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 8, 2014. The WHO declared on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes a public health risk, and met the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general for health security of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 8, 2014.